Receptacle for the storage and preservation of used paint brushes



JuKyTW, E923 1,4515% J. E. HOPKINS RECEPTACLE FOR THE STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF USED PAINT BRUSHES Filed May 4, 1922 INVE TOR 52/1/1414 5 A TTORNE V Patented duly lfl, 1923.

JAMES E. HOPKINS, or SOUTH ORANGE, ALLYN L. WRIGHT,

rarer new ann'snv, assrenoa or ONE-HALF'TO or new YORK, n. Y.

RECEPTACLE FOR THE STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF USED PAINT BRUSHES;

Application filed May 4,

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. HorKINs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident at Number 426 South Fourth Street, in'the town of South Orange, Essex County, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Receptacle for the Storage and Preservation of Used Paint Brushes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Paint and varnish brushes when once used must be protected against the oxidizing action of the atmosphere or the paint, varnish and the like which saturates the bristles will quickly dry and harden, thus binding all the bristles together into a solid block-like mass so that further use as a brush is impossible unless a difficult and expensive process be resorted towhereby the bristles shall again become separable and pliant. 1

It is the purpose of this invention therefore, to provide a liquid tight receptacle provided with a series of compartments in which the used brushes may be deposited and kept separated from each other, the bristles of the brushes resting upon a false bottom made of netting or similar open work structure beneath which there shall be a chamber for the reception of such paint,

pigment or other foreign material as may be deposited from the brushes. The receptacle will be'suitably filled with a liquid which will prevent the hardening of; the paint varnish or the like, such for example as ordinary water, but preferably a liquid such as turpentine for ordinary paint brushes or alcohol for varnish brushes, which will not only maintain the softness and pliability of the bristles but will also cut and loosen the paint or varnish and cause the same to 1922. Serial No. 558,390.

In. the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the invention. 2 illustrates a vertical endwise view the end of the receptacle toward the observer being removed.

'1 is the receptacle. It may be made of such material as preferred, and is liquid that is to say, at the back of .the box arethree compartments marked respectively 6, 6, 6, for large brushes, next to them four compartments marked 7, 7, 7, 7 for smaller brushes and in the front row five compartments marked 8, 8, 8, S, 8, for still smaller brushes. 9 is the false bottom which is made in the instance shown of wire netting but any equivalent material may be substituted. The netting is supported upon the lower ends of the wire frame as shown, which pass through the netting and rest upon'the bottom of the receptacle as at 10, 10. The edges of the netting may also be bent at right angles so that they willextend to and rest upon the bottom thus giving additional support to the netting as shown at 11, 11. 12 is a chamber below the netting for the reception of the stated deposits. A. series of brushes of differing sizes are shown at 13. It will be noted that the interior frame with the netting attached may be lifted from the receptacle so that the deposits in the chamber 12 may be conveniently removed.

It will be obvious to those who are familiar with such matters that the construction of my invention as above described and illustrated'is one form only of many in which itmay be made, I therefore do not limit myself to any of the details shown.

I claim:

1. A liquid tight receptacle a removable wire frame dividing the interior of the receptacle into compartments of differing size adapted to support the brushes verti- Figure tom supported above the'bottom of the re- 1 ceptacle.

7 25A. liquid tight receptacle, 'aremovable frame dividing the interior of the receptacle into separate vertical compartments of dif fel ing sizes and having a perforated bottom supported above the bottom of the receptaclevon the lower ends of the frame.

- '10 fiiA'fl'iqui d tight receptacle, a removable frame dividing the interior of the receptacle lnto separate compartments ofdlfferlng slzes the smaller ones bemg at the front ofthe recep'racle and-said frame --:l-1av mg;a perforated bottom supported abovezthe bottom of the-receptacle and a. cover deeper at its front edge thaniatits rear edge. e i v Executed this 26tlrday 01f, ,Apri1,"1922.'

. JAMES; QHQ IQNS. 

